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non-extant

ex·tant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ek-stuh nt, ik-stant]
    • /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈek-stənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ek-stuh nt, ik-stant]
    • /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈek-stənt/

Definitions of non-extant word

  • adjective non-extant in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document. 1
  • adjective non-extant Archaic. standing out; protruding. 1

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Origin of non-extant

First appearance:

before 1535
One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tāns) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + stāre to stand

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Parts of speech for Non-extant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

non-extant popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for non-extant

adj non-extant

  • awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
  • gone — past participle of go1 .

adjective non-extant

  • decamped — Simple past tense and past participle of decamp.
  • disintegrated — Simple past tense and past participle of disintegrate.
  • dissolved — That has been disintegrated in a solvent.
  • elapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of elapse.
  • flown — a past participle of fly1 .

Antonyms for non-extant

adjective non-extant

  • around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
  • found — simple past tense and past participle of find.
  • hoarded — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.

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